Why is it das Reihenhaus?

Reihenhaus is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Haus. So it’s das Reihenhaus.

All nouns ending in -haus
Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Architecture: One of several houses built in a row

[1] Architektur: eines von mehreren, in einer Reihe aneinandergebauten Häusern

Examples

[1] We live in a row house

[1] Wir wohnen in einem Reihenhaus.

[1] "A small iceberg in the size of a medium -sized row house is stranded beyond the port on the Kobfjord"

[1] „Ein kleiner Eisberg in Größe eines mittleren Reihenhauses ist jenseits des Hafens am Kobbefjord gestrandet.“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Our little bunker was behind our row house, at the very end of the long, narrow, towel -shaped garden area"

[1] „Unser kleiner Bunker lag hinter unserem Reihenhaus, ganz am Ende des langen, schmalen, handtuchförmigen Gartens.“

[1] "The developer has long found new prospective customers for the row house"

[1] „Der Bauträger hat längst neue Interessenten für das Reihenhaus gefunden.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Reihenhaus die Reihenhäuser
Genitiv des Reihenhauses der Reihenhäuser
Dativ dem Reihenhaus dem Reihenhause den Reihenhäusern
Akkusativ das Reihenhaus die Reihenhäuser

Pronunciation

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